Haw River - Final rites will be held Sunday for Alson Gray Coble, 78, of Haw
River, who died yesterday at 12:10 p.m. at a Burlington hospital after 11 days
of serious illness.

A native of Guilford County, he was the son of the late Emory and Terlie
Suitts Coble. He was a member of Haw River Methodist Church and of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Haw River Methodist Church.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Phoebe Ellen Dixon Coble of the home; six
sons, William Hurley, John A., Abe and Curry Coble of Haw River, Thomas W. Coble
of Graham and Charles E. Coble of Baltimore, Md.; one daughter, Mrs. Tom Coble
of Haw River; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one foster sister,
Mrs. Grace Smith of Winston-Salem.

The body will remain at McClure Funeral Home in Graham until 3 p.m. Saturday,
when it will be carried to the home. It will lie in state at the church for one
hour before the funeral.
____________________________________________________

Haw River - Funeral services are planned tomorrow for Isaac M. "Ike" Hughes,
61, of Haw River, who died yesterday at 1:50 p.m. at his home after three weeks
of illness.

A native of Haw River, Hughes operated a local service station for many
years. He was son of the late Sam and Alice Tennie Hughes, and was a veteran of
World War 1. He was a member of Haw River Methodist Church.

Final rites will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Haw River Methodist Church.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body will remain at McClure Funeral Home in Graham until it is carried to
the church to lie in state for 30 minutes before the funeral.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lila Dale Bullard Hughes, of the home; two
sons, William Burley and Samuel Bullard Hughes of Haw River; and eight
grandchildren.
____________________________________________________

Mrs. Bertha Coble Holt, 53, died at her home, 213
Driver avenue, Durham, this morning at 5:40 o'clock following a brief critical
illness.

She was a native of the Kimesville community of
Guilford county, a daughter of the late Robert Coble and Mary Coley Coble.
Funeral service will be conducted at the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by
Rev. J. A. Martin of Carr M. E. Church, Durham, and the body will be brought to
Trollinger cemetery, Haw River, for burial.

Mrs. Alice Hughes, aged 77, of Haw River, died at 9:45 Sunday morning, ending
three days serious illness. She was the widow of the late Sam Hughes, a native
of this county, and daughter of the late Isaac and Nancy Murray.

Services will be held in the Haw River Methodist church of which the deceased
has been a member for the past 50 years, at 3 p. m. today. The body will lie in
state for one hour preceding the funeral at the church. Rev. F. R. Pfisterer
will be in charge. The interment will be made in the Haw River cemetery.

Survivors include one son, Ike Hughes, and a daughter, Mrs. J. M. Baker, both
of Haw River; one sister, Mrs. Frona Purcell of Durham; five grandchildren and
six great-grandchildren.
____________________________________________________

Final rites for Mrs. Lila Dale Bullard Hughes, 64, who died at her home here
Wednesday night, were conducted yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Haw River
Methodist Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Goodwin, pastor of the church, and
music was by the church choir with Mrs. Frances Martin as soloist and Miss
Thelma Cates, organist, as accompanist.

Funeral services for Sam Jones Hughes, 73, prominent citizen of Haw
River for many years, was conducted at 2:30 o'clock yesterday in the
Methodist Protestant church by Revs. O. R. Williams and George
Holmes, interment was in the town cemetery.

Until the past few
months the deceased had been leading an active life. For many years
he was --- with the textile industry of the town and lately had been
in the filling station business. He was also active in his church.

Thomas Larry Hughes, 5 weeks-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Burley Hughes died at a Durham hospital yesterday
afternoon after an illness of four days.

Funeral services were to be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the graveside at New Cemetery in Haw River with the Rev. Joseph
Coble officiating.

Surviving are the parents of Haw River; two brothers, Billy and
Donald, a sister, Sandra, all of the home; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. I. M. Hughes of Haw River and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mixon of
Mebane; one great grandparents, Mrs. S. J. Hughes of Haw River and
J. W. Straughn of Mebane.

Haw River - Final rites for James Madison McClure, 87, of Haw River will be
held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at Haw River United Methodist Church.

Mr. McClure died Tuesday Morning [Nov. 10, 1972].

The Rev. William L. Wolfe, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.

The body will remain at McClure Funeral Home in Graham until taken to the
church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will be at
the funeral home tonight from 7 to 8:30 o'clock.
____________________________________________________

Haw River - Final rites for Mrs. Dora Myrtle McClure, 76, of Haw River, were
held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Haw River Methodist Church. Mrs. McClure
died Saturday night a 8 o'clock in a Durham Hospital after several years of
failing health.

A native of Randolph County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
David Garrett.

Surviving are her husband, James Madison McClure; two sons, Harry E. McClure
of Burlington and David Stockard McClure of Haw River; a sister, Mrs. George
Kimrey of Haw River.

Burial was in the church cemetery.
____________________________________________________

Funeral services were held in the Haw River M. P. church for Crawford M. Ray,
aged 50 years, who died at his home at Haw River Tuesday morning, following
illness of three weeks. Rev. Mr. Chambliss, his pastor, was in charge, assisted
by Rev. A. C Holler, and the body interred in the church cemetery. A large crowd
was present as an evidence of their high esteem for the deceased, and the floral
offering was unusually large.

Haw River - The funeral for Mrs. Nancy Hughes Ray, 70, of Haw River, was held
yesterday, afternoon at Haw River Methodist Church.

She died Monday at 1:25 p.m. at her home here after five weeks serious
illness. A native of Haw River, she was the daughter of the late Jerry Lee and
Seddie Holt Hughes.

Survivors include four sons, Samuel Haywood Ray and James Carl Ray of Haw
River, Ben L. and Crawford M. Ray of Burlington; one daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Ray
Roney of the home; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Bullard of Haw River; one brother,
Ben Hughes of Haw River; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Final services were conducted by Rev. D. M. Sharpe, pastor, assisted by Rev.
Robert Bruhn, pastor of Haw River Baptist Church. Music was by the combined
chairs of the Haw River Methodist and Baptist Churches. Miss Mary Frances
Williamson was organist.

Mrs. Edna Etta Smith, 32, of Haw River, died at her home at 7:30 o'clock last
night following an illness of 10 months. She was a native of Alamance county,
the daughter of C. L. Reed and the late Mrs. Nancy Callahan Reed.

The hour and date of funeral services have not been arranged, but will be
conducted from the Haw River Methodist Protestant church, of which she was a
member. The services will be in charge of Rev. R. S. Troxler and Rev. R. G.
Dawson.

Mrs. Julia Anne Smith, 74, well known resident of Haw River, died this
morning at 7 o'clock at her home, following an illness of four months. She had
spent her entire life in Haw River, and was the daughter of the late Connie
Cornelius Collier and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Keck Collier.

Mrs. Smith was a charter member of the Christian church of Haw River, and is
survived by the following children; A G. and Eugene Smith, both of Burlington;
Herbert, of Haw River; Mrs. Fannie Sykes, Miss Pearl Smith, both of Haw River,
and Mrs. T. S. Purcell, of East Durham, a half sister, Mrs. W. L. Brandburg, of
Burlington; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral service, will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Thursday after noon at the
M. P. church in Haw River by the Rev. G. C. Crutchfield, assisted by Revs. J. P.
Pegg and Everett Neese. Interment will be in the Haw River cemetery.
____________________________________________________